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CHIEF EXECUTIVE Ruth Smeeth EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Jemimah Steinfeld ASSISTANT EDITOR Katie Dancey-Downs EDITOR-AT-LARGE Martin Bright ASSOCIATE EDITOR Mark Frary ART DIRECTOR Matthew Hasteley EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Guilherme Osinski SUB EDITORS Adam Aiken, Tracey Bagshaw, Jan Fox

SENIOR POLICY RESEARCH & ADVOCACY OFFICER Jessica Ní Mhainín POLICY & CAMPAIGNS OFFICER Nik Williams EVENTS & PARTNERSHIPS MANAGER Emma Sandvik Ling DIRECTORS & TRUSTEES Trevor Phillips (Chair), Kate Maltby (Vice Chair), Anthony Barling, Andrew Franklin, James Goode, Elaine Potter, Sarah Sands, Mark Stephens PATRONS Margaret Atwood, Simon Callow, Steve Coogan, Brian Eno, Christopher Hird, Jude Kelly, Michael Palin, Matthew Parris, Alexandra Pringle, Gabrielle Rifkind, Sir Tom Stoppard, Lady Sue Woodford Hollick

ADVISORY COMMITTEE Julian Baggini, Clemency Burton-Hill, Ariel Dorfman, Michael Foley, Conor Gearty, AC Grayling, Lyndsay Griffi ths, William Horsley, Anthony Hudson, Natalia Koliada, Jane Kramer, Jean-Paul Marthoz, Robert McCrum, Rebecca MacKinnon, Beatrice Mtetwa, Julian Petley, Michael Scammell, Kamila Shamsie, Michael Smyth, Tess Woodcraft, Christie Watson WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO Benji Lanyado

Comment

While freedoms are squeezed, China’s leader has a World Cup-sized dream

70 TACKLING ISRAEL’S THORNY

POLITICS: DANIELLA PELED Can an Arab-majority team in the Israeli league carve out a space for free expression?

72 THE STENCH OF WHITE

ELEPHANTS: JAMIL CHADE Brazil’s World Cup swung open Pandora’s Box

74 THE REAL GAME IS POLITICS:

ISSA SIKITI DA SILVA Is politics welcome on the pitch in Kenya?

78 REFEREEING RIGHTS:

JULIAN BAGGINI Why we shouldn’t expect footballers to hand out human rights red cards

80 THE OTHER HALF:

PERMI JHOOTI The real-life inspiration behind Bend It like Beckham holds up a mirror to her experience

82 WE DON’T LIKE IT – NO

ONE CARES: MARK GLANVILLE English football has moved away from listening to its fans argues this Millwall supporter

83 MUCH ADO ABOUT

CRITICS: LYN GARDNER A theatre objects to an offensive Legally Blonde review

84 ON REPUTATION

LAUNDERING: RUTH SMEETH Beware those who want to control their own narrative

Culture

88 THE SOUL OF SUDAN:

STELLA GAITANO, KATIE DANCEY-DOWNS What does it mean for deeprunning connections when you’re forced to leave? Censored writer Stella Gaitano introduces a new translation of her work

92 MOVING THE GOALPOSTS:

KAYA GENÇ, GUILHERME OSINSKI Football and politics are a match made in Turkey. Kaya Genç fictionalises an unforgettable game

96 AWAY FROM THE SATANIC:

MALISE RUTHVEN The leading expert on Salman Rushdie writes about an emerging liberalism in Islamic discourse

CREDIT: Fatima Wojohat

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